2023 Florida Sales Tax Rate on Commercial Rent January 23, 2023

2023 Florida Sales Tax Rate on Commercial Rent Florida is the only state in the United States to impose a sales tax on commercial rent. For years now, the state of Florida has considered itself at a ...

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Phone Call From Florida Department of Revenue: Sales Tax October 15, 2022

Have you received a phone call from the Florida Department of Revenue about a sales and use tax audit or reemployment tax audit? From the start - you should know that it is standard practice for the ...

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Letter from Florida Department of Revenue: Sales Tax October 9, 2022

Most of our cases start with a taxpayer receiving a letter in the mail from the Florida Department of Revenue. With that said, not all letters from the Department of Revenue mean that an audit has ...

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FL DOR’s 2022 Legislative Package - VETOED June 26, 2022

On December 29, 2021, we began posting a series of articles concerning the Florida Department of Revenue’s Legislative Package that was known as SB 1382 “Tax Administration”. We posted a total of ...

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A Taxing Decision: When Tax Overpaid Cannot Be Refunded March 29, 2022

by James F. McAuley [i] Background Florida imposes tax on the transfer of real property. The tax is commonly referred to as Florida Documentary stamp tax and is administered by the Department of ...

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Part 6 - FL DOR's Bad Legislative Package 2022 January 29, 2022

On December 29, 2021, we posted an article on our website entitled, “Florida DOR’s 2022 Legislative Package BAD for Florida Business,” which included a link to the twenty proposed ideas prepared by ...

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FLORIDA SALES TAX AUDITS USING 1099-Ks January 29, 2022

As a business owner, you can be doing everything right with running your business. One day you may open your mail to find an audit notice from the Florida Department of Revenue. While fear may come to ...

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FLORIDA SALES TAX AUDIT - AUTO REPAIR SHOPS January 27, 2022

Car repair shops have many considerations for which they must account. From ensuring a customer’s motor vehicle is timely and correctly repaired to labor issues to parts shortages, repair shops have ...

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FLORIDA SALES TAX FOR CELL PHONE INDUSTRY January 27, 2022

Cell phone dealers (e.g., authorized dealers, franchisees, or resellers) are currently the focus of the Florida Department of Revenue. The reason – these businesses are “low hanging fruit” for the ...

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Part 2 - FL DOR's Bad Legislative Package 2022 January 21, 2022

On December 29, 2021, we posted an article on our website entitled, “Florida DOR’s 2022 Legislative Package BAD for Florida Business”, which included a link to the twenty proposed ideas prepared by ...

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Part 3 - FL DOR's Bad Legislative Package 2022 January 21, 2022

On December 29, 2021, we posted an article on our website entitled, “Florida DOR’s 2022 Legislative Package BAD for Florida Business”, which included a link to the twenty proposed ideas prepared by ...

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Part V - FL DOR's Bad Legislative Package 2022 January 21, 2022

On December 29, 2021, we posted an article on our website entitled, “Florida DOR’s 2022 Legislative Package BAD for Florida Business,” which included a link to the twenty proposed ideas prepared by ...

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Part IV - FL DOR's Bad Legislative Package - 2022 January 21, 2022

In-Depth Review of BAD DOR’s 2022 Legislative Package – Part IV On December 29, 2021, we posted an article on our website entitled, “Florida DOR’s 2022 Legislative Package BAD for Florida Business”, ...

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